The OECD is represented globally by four Public Affairs and Communications Centers. The OECD Washington Center is the regional contact point for the United States and Canada. The Center promotes the OECD’s work in a variety of ways, to include: providing access to OECD publications and databases; responding to media inquiries; organizing events and meetings with OECD experts; and liaising directly with governments, Congress, business, labor, and civil society.